HOME DÉCOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FROM ACRYLIC WASTE MODERN LIVING CONCEPT

Background

 

Acrylic is often used as a material for making various kinds of handicrafts, such as signs and signs, flower decorations, furniture, fashion accessories, basket decorations, water bottles, tissue boxes, key chains, necklaces, bracelets, glass coasters, and others. However, there are
leftover pieces of acrylic from production every day, causing waste where the company is less able to execute this waste. Therefore, the company chose to resell the waste to acrylic collectors. The acrylic waste is sold at a fairly low selling price, which is Rp. 2000 rupiah per kilogram.
The amount of scrap acrylic waste at the company reaches around 50-100 kilograms every two months, which can be calculated to be around 500-600 kilograms annually. Utilization of waste materials left over from acrylic scraps currently still has a relatively low selling value and is still not sufficiently developed into other products. In this design, the author explores the waste material left over from acrylic pieces with a combination of other materials and explores shapes in the development of home décor products equipped with various supporting features for use indoors. With the unique shape and characteristics of this material, the author has made the opportunity to apply this material to become one of the home décor products. In this study the steps taken were collecting data by observing collectors of home decor products to find out more about the activities carried out and conducting interviews with several special sources who like home décor. In the design development process, several stages were carried out, namely the stage of idea exploration, study and analysis, as well as the design development process which was carried out using the digital 3D modeling method. The development of this product is expected to increase the selling value (added value) of the remaining pieces of acrylic waste through experiments with the heating method with a simple oven medium so as to produce a set of decorative lamps (décor lamps) consisting of wall lamps, table lamps and floor lamps (standing lamps).

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